REACH
Objectives, Goals, and Activity Ideas: Community-based Matches
Recreation &
Social
Competency
Education & Life
Skills
Arts & Culture
Community
Engagement
Health &
Well-being
Objectives
Experience new
activities
Develop friendships
Improve social skills
Build self-esteem
Encourage physical
activity
Promote growth in
identified abilities and
interests
Promote educational
success, including high
school graduation
Introduce post-secondary
education opportunities
Introduce career
possibilities
Develop life skills
Promote growth in
identified abilities and
interests
Increase cultural
awareness
Foster respect of culture
and history
Introduce the arts
Promote growth in
identified abilities and
interests
Encourage volunteerism
and giving back
Develop leadership skills
Foster good citizenship
Promote growth in
identified abilities and
interests
Encourage physical,
emotional, and spiritual
wellness
Promote healthy choices
and good nutrition
Educate about risky
behaviors
Promote growth in
identified abilities and
interests
Common
Goals
Improve self-esteem
Be more confident
Experience new things
together
Increase respect for
peers and adults
Practice/help with sports
Develop positive social
interaction skills
Learn to express
themselves in a healthy
way
Feel comfortable
speaking their mind
Learn to handle
disappointments better
Help with school/specific
subjects
Help with college preparation
Read together
Learn good study habits
Try new things
Experience Asheville together
Develop interests/hobbies
Learn about other cultures
and own culture
Have fun together
Develop leadership skills
Learn to be accountable
Form trust with Big
Develop new interests
Give back
Be active together
Have someone to talk
to/build relationship
Develop healthy habits
together
Learn about healthy eating
Activity
Suggestions
Play a board game
Teach your Little about
Make a collage together measurements and fractions
Go to a sporting event
while making a recipe
Let your Little teach you
Play a board game- (State
something
Capital Sequence, Monopoly,
Work out, swim, walk,
Scrabble)
play basketball, or try a
Teach your Little about
class at a YMCA
statistics by following your
Go bowling
favorite sports team
Develop a hobby
Study for the first 15 minutes
together (Fantasy
of your outings
Football, chess,
Teach your Little about
scrapbooking)
budgeting by having a
Go to the library and
monthly budget for outings
check out books
Job Shadow someone in a job
Learn a sport
your Little is interested in
Go to a movie and
Visit www.CFNC.org with
discuss the movie after
your Little and learn about
Be a spectatator at a
time management and other
sports event at UNCA,
skills and look up interesting
Warren Wilson, or Mars
info about colleges
Hill College
Choose a great book & read it
Attend one of your
together at a coffee shop
Little’s extracurricular
Visit local colleges
activities
Teach your Little how to
Go fishing
change a tire or check the oil
Work on a science
Read a book together and
experiment or crafttalk about it- check out the
check out the following
following websites for ideas:
website for ideas:
readkiddoread.com
kids.nationalgeographic.c
www.guysread.com
om/kids/activities
Play a computer game
Attend “R” events
together- check out the
promoted by BBBS!
following websites:
funschool.kaboose.com
www.learningplanet.com
www.edheads.org
pbskids.org
Attend "E" events promoted
by BBBS!
Paint pottery together
Make homemade “thank
you” cards
Visit the Art Museum
Enjoy hot chocolate and play
a game at a local coffee shop
Tour the Center for Diversity
at UNCA
Visit local artists in the River
Arts District/ galleries
downtown
Call the BBBS office for free
Flatrock Playhouse tickets
View student art for free at
UNCA
Be on the lookout for free
tickets from BBBS for plays,
musicals, and other events
Go to a local festival or
tailgate market
Attend a play at Asheville
Community Theatre
Do an art project togethercheck out the following
websites for ideas:
www.marthastewart.com/ph
otogallery/kids-accessories
www.crayola.com/crafts
familyfun.go.com/crafts/craft
s-by-type/art-projects/
Attend "A" events promoted
by BBBS!
Volunteer at MANNA Food
Bank, Animal Compassion
Network, or other nonprofits
Take your Little with you to
vote
Find a place to volunteer
through Hands On Asheville
Walk dogs at local animal
shelters
Recycle together
Join BBBS at local events to
pass out information
Learn about community
leaders together
Attend a City Council
meeting or other meeting to
learn about government
Hear a visiting speaker at
UNCA to learn about a topic
Volunteer at Bowl For Kids’
Sake or other BBBS events
Attend "C" events
promoted by BBBS!
Plant a vegetable garden
Learn about healthy eating
by reading labels at a local
tailgate market or grocery
store
Go for walks at different
parks around Asheville
Learn a new sport together
Participate in a 5k run/walk
Go skating
Visit a farmer’s market and
pick out some fruits and
vegetables
Take an exercise class at the
YMCA
Go swimming at the YMCA
Play disc golf
Go rock climbing
Cook a new healthy food
together
Eat at a healthy restaurant
Visit the Parkway Education
Center, pick blueberries at
Graveyard Fields, wade in
the creek at Bent Creek
Mountain bike at Bent Creek
Take a yoga class
Do a family-friendly Zumba
class together at the YMCA
Attend "H" events promoted
by BBBS!